{
  "id": "tro_u",
  "name": "Tro u (Khmer low coconut-body spike fiddle)",
  "family": "bowed",
  "class": "bowed_string",
  "axes": {
    "pitchFix": -2,
    "sustain": 2,
    "polyphony": -2,
    "harmonicity": 0,
    "register": -1,
    "range": 1,
    "articulation": 2,
    "transduction": -2,
    "dynamics": 0
  },
  "short": "tro u",
  "parts": [
    {
      "id": "bowed_technique",
      "name": "Bow technique",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "bowed_legato_classical",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Classical legato",
          "descriptors": [
            "legato",
            "sustained"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "sustained-tone",
            "classical",
            "classical-trained"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "classical"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "_fromFamily": true
    },
    {
      "id": "tro_u_strings",
      "name": "String material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "tro_u_metal",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Metal strings a fifth apart (mid-20th century onward)",
          "descriptors": [
            "steel-modern",
            "brighter",
            "projecting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "metal-strung"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "khmer",
            "metal"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tro_u_silk",
          "name": "Silk strings (historical)",
          "descriptors": [
            "silk-historical",
            "warm",
            "mellow"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "silk-strung",
            "period-performance"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "khmer",
            "historical"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "tro_u_body",
      "name": "Resonator",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "tro_u_coconut",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Coconut shell faced with skin, bow hair fixed between the strings (canonical)",
          "descriptors": [
            "coconut-shell",
            "nasal-toned",
            "deep-toned",
            "threaded-between-strings-canonical"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "nasal-tone",
            "resonator"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "khmer",
            "natural-skin"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tro_u_hardwood",
          "name": "Hardwood resonator (converting it toward the tro sau)",
          "descriptors": [
            "hardwood",
            "dry",
            "focused"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "wood-body",
            "resonator"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "khmer",
            "hardwood"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "tro_u_ensemble",
      "name": "Ensemble / ritual slot",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "tro_u_mahori",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Mahori chamber ensemble",
          "descriptors": [
            "intimate-chamber",
            "blended",
            "sustained"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ensemble",
            "cambodian-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "mahori",
            "khmer"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tro_u_phleng_kar",
          "name": "Phleng kar wedding orchestra",
          "descriptors": [
            "wedding-context",
            "vocal-supportive",
            "warm"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "wedding-tradition",
            "cambodian-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "wedding",
            "khmer"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tro_u_phleng_arak",
          "name": "Phleng arak spirit-possession healing rite",
          "descriptors": [
            "healing-rite",
            "trance-inducing",
            "ritual"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ritual-context",
            "trance-inducing"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "shamanic",
            "khmer"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tro_u_ayai",
          "name": "Ayai repartee singing",
          "descriptors": [
            "vocal-supportive",
            "improvisatory",
            "folk-song"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "song-accompaniment",
            "cambodian-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "khmer",
            "song"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_ownParts": [
    {
      "id": "tro_u_strings",
      "name": "String material",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "tro_u_metal",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Metal strings a fifth apart (mid-20th century onward)",
          "descriptors": [
            "steel-modern",
            "brighter",
            "projecting"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "metal-strung"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "khmer",
            "metal"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tro_u_silk",
          "name": "Silk strings (historical)",
          "descriptors": [
            "silk-historical",
            "warm",
            "mellow"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "silk-strung",
            "period-performance"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "khmer",
            "historical"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "tro_u_body",
      "name": "Resonator",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "tro_u_coconut",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Coconut shell faced with skin, bow hair fixed between the strings (canonical)",
          "descriptors": [
            "coconut-shell",
            "nasal-toned",
            "deep-toned",
            "threaded-between-strings-canonical"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "nasal-tone",
            "resonator"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "khmer",
            "natural-skin"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tro_u_hardwood",
          "name": "Hardwood resonator (converting it toward the tro sau)",
          "descriptors": [
            "hardwood",
            "dry",
            "focused"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "wood-body",
            "resonator"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "khmer",
            "hardwood"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "tro_u_ensemble",
      "name": "Ensemble / ritual slot",
      "variants": [
        {
          "id": "tro_u_mahori",
          "default": true,
          "name": "Mahori chamber ensemble",
          "descriptors": [
            "intimate-chamber",
            "blended",
            "sustained"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ensemble",
            "cambodian-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "mahori",
            "khmer"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tro_u_phleng_kar",
          "name": "Phleng kar wedding orchestra",
          "descriptors": [
            "wedding-context",
            "vocal-supportive",
            "warm"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "wedding-tradition",
            "cambodian-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "wedding",
            "khmer"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tro_u_phleng_arak",
          "name": "Phleng arak spirit-possession healing rite",
          "descriptors": [
            "healing-rite",
            "trance-inducing",
            "ritual"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "ritual-context",
            "trance-inducing"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "shamanic",
            "khmer"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "tro_u_ayai",
          "name": "Ayai repartee singing",
          "descriptors": [
            "vocal-supportive",
            "improvisatory",
            "folk-song"
          ],
          "match_tokens": [
            "bowed",
            "song-accompaniment",
            "cambodian-tradition"
          ],
          "canonical_tags": [
            "khmer",
            "song"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}